"spill ink" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "spills ink",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spilling ink",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spilled ink",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spilled ink",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spilt ink",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spilt ink",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "spill<,,:spilt> ink"
      },
      "expansion": "spill ink (third-person singular simple present spills ink, present participle spilling ink, simple past and past participle spilled ink or spilt ink)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English predicates",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Writing",
          "orig": "en:Writing",
          "parents": [
            "Human behaviour",
            "Language",
            "Human",
            "Communication",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1974, J Earman, “An Attempt to Add a Little Direction to \"The Problem of the Direction of Time\"”, in Philosophy of Science:",
          "text": "Of all the problems which lie on the borderline of philosophy and science, perhaps none has caused more spilled ink, more controversy, and more emotion than \"the problem of the direction of time.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1999, Bamidele A. Ojo, Contemporary African politics, page 1:",
          "text": "While democratic forces remain active throughout the African continent, scholars continue to spill ink debating the promises and pitfalls of African democratic transitions.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To write, especially professionally."
      ],
      "id": "en-spill_ink-en-verb-Ycu4PMMJ",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To write, especially professionally."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "spill ink"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "spills ink",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spilling ink",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spilled ink",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spilled ink",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spilt ink",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spilt ink",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "spill<,,:spilt> ink"
      },
      "expansion": "spill ink (third-person singular simple present spills ink, present participle spilling ink, simple past and past participle spilled ink or spilt ink)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English predicates",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "en:Writing"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1974, J Earman, “An Attempt to Add a Little Direction to \"The Problem of the Direction of Time\"”, in Philosophy of Science:",
          "text": "Of all the problems which lie on the borderline of philosophy and science, perhaps none has caused more spilled ink, more controversy, and more emotion than \"the problem of the direction of time.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1999, Bamidele A. Ojo, Contemporary African politics, page 1:",
          "text": "While democratic forces remain active throughout the African continent, scholars continue to spill ink debating the promises and pitfalls of African democratic transitions.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To write, especially professionally."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To write, especially professionally."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "spill ink"
}